Small lie
The crossword clue "Small lie" is answered by FIB, a 3-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FIB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FIB answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for FIB
Every other clue in this collection answered by FIB, most used first.
- Little lie - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
- White lie - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Little white lie - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Minor misstatement - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Stretch the truth - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Untruth - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Minor untruth - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Bend the truth - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Taradiddle - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Bit of baloney - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit of fiction - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Small stretch - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Little untruth - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Minor invention - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Tell tales - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Lie - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Small batteries - AAS, used 199 times
- Small bill - ONE, used 170 times
- Small battery - AAA, used 132 times
- Small amount - TAD, used 107 times
- Small battery size - AAA, used 93 times
- Very small - WEE, used 72 times
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